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The Grey Art Gallery is currently closed for summer break. We look forward to reopening “Mostly New: Selections from the NYU Art Collection” in September 2022.

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Taking Shape

Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s

January 14–March 13, 2020

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Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s

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Taking Shape: New Perspectives on Arab Abstraction
Session 3: Modern Art in Algeria and Egypt

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Taking Shape: New Perspectives on Arab Abstraction
Session 2: Arab Abstraction and Arabic Letterforms

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Taking Shape: New Perspectives on Arab Abstraction
Session 1: The Barjeel Art Foundation and "Taking Shape"

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"Taking Shape" reception at the Grey Art Gallery, NYU, on January 30, 2020

Read a chapter from "Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s"

ArteEast Interview: Suheyla Takesh

Artwork Spotlight: Rachid Koraïchi’s "Sans toi, ni moi, ou l’hallucination nostalgique (Without You, or Me, or the Nostalgic Hallucination)" and "Cet espace incrusté de nos destins (This Space is Inlaid with Our Destinies)"

Artwork Spotlight: Abdallah Benanteur’s "The Garden of Saadi"

Artist Spotlight: Saloua Raouda Choucair

Artist Spotlight: Samia Halaby

Artist Spotlight: Saliba Douaihy

Artwork Spotlight: Farid Belkahia’s “Aube (Dawn)"

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